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An old photo of a woman from Eriskay spinning with a dealgan and distaff. She is seated in a chair and holding a dealgan in her right hand, whilst drafting wool from the distaff with her left hand.

Here is a picture of a woman from Eriskay spinning with a dealgan and distaff (1890s). And yes, I was wearing Pyjama trousers last night 🤪

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😵‍💫 Found some time to handspin this batt before a café hang! Also, Spingo 2026 update 💕

My belt and my distaff ribbon were woven by @loopandwarp.bsky.social (from our guild!)
Distaff is literally just a stick!

#spindlebingo2026 #spindlespinning #handspinning #distaff #handspunyarn #fibre

Pencil drawing of two cat characters from the clash of critters' mobile game. They are cuddled up together, smiling.

Did a little doodle today of cats from the Clash of Critters game. I might do a needle felt project of it

#fanart #doodle

Spud (left) and Cheese (right) relaxing in the craft room

I've been quietly setting up a craft room. It's exciting to have this quiet space for all my stuff.

Even the cats enjoy it

Today is Distaff Day

Today day marks the traditional end of Christmas festivities, when women resumed household chores, specifically spinning wool or flax into thread using the distaff, a day for women to return to their domestic craft after the holidays, often involving playful pranks with men.

Hopefully, i can get a less shaky video of it lol

I actually have a craft table now so it shouldn't shake too much as i wind it

It's a Tracy eichheim or 'woolly designs' spindle.

A lovely person. He's no longer attending fiber shows and sold out at Texas Fleece and Fiber Fest.

The knitted fabric washed and blocked. This would be the inside of the bag

An empty knitted bag laying on a table. You can see the seed stitches pretty well in this picture

A knitted bag now filled with some dice and sitting up on the table

Draw string added. This fabric is super stretchy!

Knitted this bag for the dice I'm giving a friend. 🧶

I was just gonna make it a rectangle with a draw string, but I ended up trying a few things.

I pulled the bottom together with a draw string and sewed it shut.

Very happy with the results

#knitsky #knitting

For handspinners who follow me here, I picked up more roving from the mill yesterday & am beginning to list them on various groups, as well as my Jotform page. (I’ll put the Jotform link in the comments below.) Some pretty natural color roving. I’m very excited about the wool/llama blends too.

Whoops spelling. Malabrigo*

malabrigo We develop hand-dyed yarns of softness and wonderful color variations in softest wool fiber

Thank you!
The yarn is Malabrugo's Vientos. It's a super wash merino wool. Bulky sized. It's super soft.

Colors were Flor de Jade and Azul Profundo

Malabrigoyarn.com

Thank you so much!

Yeah, I have holes where I switched colors by bringing up the stand from below.

I also have holes where I cut the tail too short.

It was a great learning piece

That would be cool. I'll have to look for some. C:

A knitted piece stretched out and pinned to the floor.

Well I didn't finish it in time but I was very close.

I have under one year of knitting practice and I believe I bit off just a little more than I could handle.

I would like to make some throws but l think I'll just do simple striping.

Blocking it as best I can now. 🧶

#knitting #knitsky

A knitted piece of fabric on circular knitting needles.

It's a race against the calendar!
With all i have to do this weekend, I'm not sure I'll make it in time 🧶

Still, i feel pretty good about this

#knitting

Who's starting Christmas presents late? This girl!

I'll be knitting a wrap. Wish me luck! 🧶

This is handy
🧶 #knit #knitsky

Hand spun yarn just plied and waiting to be finished.

I love spinning, but other plans to give it to others, i never spin with a project in mind.

I just enjoy the process

My latest spin. A beautiful soft mixed fiber batt that i got from the Kerrville fiber festival.

#handspun

Aw man
I totally forgot to do the art advent calendar this year

"Drake yes meme, but drake is replaced with the cartoon character of Rincs. To the left of the "no" is "Life, Laugh, Love" and below that, to the right of "yes" is yes love, yes home, no the anxiety of thought with a silly looking cat in the middle and a bee flying around it.

yes love, yes home, no the anxiety of thought with a silly looking cat in the middle and a bee flying around it. The design is on a mug. Text says: "been using it non-stop, really >w< <3 pic taken 12/7/25"

Now on pillows! The design says: yes love, yes home, no the anxiety of thought with a silly looking cat in the middle and a bee flying around it. below it says "wow!!"

Honestly unsure if it'll make it for the holidays BUT! If you wanna support a small artist: rincs.threadless.com Thank you <3 Rincs Cartoon of Rincs is below it looking happy

I'm really happy with this silly little design!! It's available on shirts...and for the first time: PILLOWS. This just really felt like one of those pillow-type things, you know? I had to.

Please check out the shop! :D

rincs.threadless.com
Thank youuuu!! :D

#smallartist #shopsmall

Sibling cats laying together on a patchwork blanket.

Chilling with the cattens. It's finally getting cold here.

#cats #snuggles

Im happy that my video has inspired you to spin again. Can't wait to see what fun projects you'll come up with!

More handspinning today!
I'm excited to get this finished. It's the first time I'm plying two single strands. 🧶

Wool is gulf coast that's been hand dyed using food coloring.

#handspinning #yarn

I stumbled upon them on YouTube. I liked the idea of a 'whatever i need at the moment' book, so i bought some blank kraft books.

I'm even starting to decorate it with stickers

Printed recipe i was going to make on the left. Right Side is what i did instead since i forgot to set it up.

Trying my hand at keeping a commonplace book.

I've been needing a place to put successful recipes. Lists of things i need to do. Labels from purchased yarn.

I like it so far.

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction 🎶

@allaroundartisan.bsky.social took first place in several categories for her spinning. Just under one year of experience. She entered both drop spindle and acoustic wheel spun. Heritage wool, fine wool, and mixed.

I entered one skein and took first in my category. Under one year experience. Electric wheel spun.Fine wool.

My husband crocheted a hat just in time for the festival. This was his first project. He's still going strong making dinosaur plushies.

One of the German angora rabbits sold by Rowdy Ranch. His name was Skittles, and he was so sweet. These guys have to be hand shorn every 3 months.

Here's some photos from Kerrville Fleece and Fiber Fest!

It's our second year attending. We picked up some fleece to process and got to hear Katie from Right Choice Shearing speak!

We entered some of our skeins to be judged for feedback. Results below.

#fiberart #handspinning

Oh, this is so cute!

I've finished off that rambouillet, and now I'm trying to spin the rest of my gulf coast.

I previously acid dyed this, and I've hand spun a portion of it to make a small rabbit plushie. 🧶

#handspun #yarn